Shermichael Singleton

Shermichael Singleton (1991-) was a Republican strategist and political commentator.

Biography
Shermichael Singleton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1991, and, while studying at Morehouse College in Atlanta, he worked on Newt Gingrich's Republican presidential bid as a youth organizer. In 2012, he worked on Mitt Romney's successful Republican presidential primary campaign, and he later worked on campaigns in Georgia and Florida. After working for the nonprofit Lauren's Kids in Florida, he joined America Rising LLC as a field opposition researcher. During Ben Carson's 2016 presidential bid, Singleton served as his Coalitions Advisor, and he served as Carson's Director of Communications after Carson conceded to Donald Trump. He went on to become Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Carson, but he was fired by Trump after an article surfaced in which Singleton challenged then-candidate Trump. Singleton was then hired as a CNN political commentator, where he continued to criticize Trump.